Category Archives: prayer

A prayer for the end of the world

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Make all things new; but do not rush forward to your new creation. Do not leave us alone at the end of the world. Continue reading →

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Praying with icons

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

I light a candle. I find it hard to meet your painted eyes. I say, “I’m sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.” Looking down from your cross, unfocused, you say, “I forgive you.” But, “You have to say that; you’re Jesus,” I … Continue reading →

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Standing on the side of love

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

A word before worship this morning. Welcome to the Church of the Epiphany. I am glad you are here. We come together for one reason, one purpose: to worship God. To give thanks for our creation, redemption, preservation, and all … Continue reading →

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But deliver us from evil

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

On our last night there, a storm rolled in. Rolled, as in went through the motions of a steamroller. Continue reading →

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Spirit and flesh

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Such contortions of the flesh, bearing down in humility before the Spirit, pregnant with the weight of glory, groaning as a child sighs in the dark, sideways, furled in on itself, dreaming the impossible

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Fishing

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Poised on the deck, line in hand, she casts her bread upon the waters and waits. Under the bridge, birds echo and argue. The river runs fast, but time has slowed down, still water running deep. I match my morning … Continue reading →

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A prayer for the next day

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

This was published July 5th on the Episcopal Cafe. The previous day, I had visited with my new friends: a refugee family from the Congo living in Cleveland. “There will be fireworks,” I told them. “Oh no!” The parents exchanged … Continue reading →

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Sunday at Collegeville

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Sunday morning, starting slowly; Abbey bells blocked by insomniac dreams. After three days of rising – psalms at dawn in the abbey church- this morning is for the tomb,  wrapped in winding sheets, the womb of sleep. But the breath … Continue reading →

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The Sparrow

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

For the sparrows that feature in this week’s gospel reading. This poem was first published by the Collegeville Institute’s Bearings. Coincidentally, today I fly to Collegeville. I Sparrow is packing heat. He has taken up residence atop a propane burner … Continue reading →

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Holy Comforter

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Do not be alarmed by her unpredictability. She knows what she is doing. She speaks your language. She knows your name. Continue reading →

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